Device for locating, measuring, and placing bound buttonholes and pockets



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2 /fy j United States Patent DEVICE FOR LOCATING, MEASURING, AND PLACINGBOUND BUTTONHOLES AND POCKETS Muriel A. Schwarz, Fairfield, Conn.

Application June 3, 1955, Serial N o. 513,037

6 Claims. (Cl. 33-190) This invention relates to a device for locating,measuring and placing bound buttonholes and pockets on various garments,and has for an object to provide a simple and .effective means which maybe used to easily and quickly locate and determine the size of thebuttonholes, and also determine the location of the buttonholes on thegarment both with respect to the edge of the garment and with respect toeach other.

It is also an object to provide such -a device which will uniformlylocate the buttonholes and insure the holes will be the uniform size.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, I have devised theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis specification. It is, however, to be understood the invention isnot limited to the specific details of construction and arrangementshown, but may embody various changes and modifications Within thescopeof the invention.

l In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the preferred form of the device showingone method of use;

Fig. 2 is a side View thereof looking from the right of Fig. 1; Y

Fig. 3 is a detail section taken 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a plan view illustrating another method of use of the device;

Fig. 5 Ais a plan view showing how the device is used to locate abuttonhole Aat right angles to the edge of a garment;

Fig. 6 is a similar view locating the buttonhole;

' Fig. 7 is aside view showing 'a simplified construction of the device,and

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the device of Fig. 7.

It is diicult with the present devices to locate socalled boundbuttonholes at uniform distances from and at right angles to the edge ofa garment, and also to insure that the buttonholes so formed will be ofa uniform length, and it is therefore an object of this device toobviate these difficulties and not only insure that the buttonholes areproperly and uniformly located, but that they will also be of uniformsize, and that the operations of locating and determining the size ofthese buttonholes will be easily and quickly performed, thus producing abetter garment in less time and at less cost.

The device as shown in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive comprises a base structure10 including `a T-shaped rmember 11 cooperating with a locating member12 adjustably mounted on the first member, the T-shaped member 11including an elongated longitudinal stem 13V and a cross head 14 at oneend thereof and at right angles to the portion 13. The member 12 ismounted for longitudinal and pivotal adjustment on the portion 13 forproperly locating at different distances from the locating means on themember 14, and for positioning in a position to extend eitherlongitudinally of the member 13 or at right angles thereto, for purposespresently to be described. This base structure has at one end means forlocating the edge of Ia garment in which the buttonholes are to beformed, and in this form of the device the transverse substantially online illustrating further steps in Y 2,844,883 Patented July 29, sv

head 14 is an angularly shaped member in cross section, including anupright ange 15 extending longitudinally, of the head portion 14 at theupper or outer edge thereof and therefore extending at right angles tothe body portion 13 and at right angles to the parallel lateral edges 16and 17 of the portion 13. The members 11 and 12 may be of any suitablematerial, but Vare preferably of suitable plastic, either transparent orof different colors as desired.

The member 12 is pivotally connected to the base portion 13 forpositioning in different angular positions thereon and is also mountedfor longitudinal adjustment to different longitudinal positions on themember 13. Any suitable connecting and mounting means for,` the member12 may be used, but a simple and effective means is that shown,V.comprising a longitudinal slot 18 in this member, preferably on thelongitudinal center line thereof, and with a channel 19 in the lowerside of the portion 13 of somewhat greater width than the slot 18 toprovide a guide passage for the head 20 of a securing screw 21 passingthrough the slot andthe member 12 adjacent one end thereof, and on whichis threaded a clamping screw 22 for clamping and holding the member 12in different longitudinal positions on the member 11. It is preferredthat the portion 13 be calibrated, preferably along one side edge, asindicated at 23, to assist in locating the member 12 at the desiredproper distance from the inner side 24 of the flange 15, which innerside 24 comprises a transversely extending locating means for one edgeofthe garment at one end of the base structure.

The locating means for the buttonholescomprises a series of uprightpinscarried by the base structure` and by both members 11 and 12.Located in the cross member 14 is a pair of spaced'upright pins 25located on the longitudinal center line of the portion 13 and spacedback- Wardly any suitable distance from the transverse locating means24. This transverse head portion 14 may also be provided with otherpairsof laterally spaced similar pins 26 located adjacent the oppositeends thereof and at given distances from the pins 25 to correspond withspacing` of buttonholes to be made in the garment, and the longitudibiedescribed.

On the member 12 are located a plurality of pairs ofl upright pinslocated at different given distances from the free ends of this memberand also the oppositeY side edges thereof and therefore the oppositeside edges of the portion 13, as the member 12 is'preferably of the samewidth as the portion 13 of the T-shaped member. These pins, as shown,are located in pairs 27, 28, 29 and 30, ybut the device is not limitedtol this particular number of pairs or the spacing shown. The pins 27are located any suitable distance from the free end 31 of the member 12and the vpins 28, 29 and 30 are located at given distanceslongitudinally from the pins 27 and are spaced laterally a distanceequal to the distance between the longitudinal stitching lines at theopposite sides of the buttonhole used forl stitching the binding patchesto thefabric. yIf the width of the portion 13 and the member 12 are madeto correspond to this distance plus the distance ofthe stitching fromthe folded edges of the two patches, then the individual pins 27, 30 ofeach pair are located from the fact may be used, as described later, forproperly locating the patch on the garment. Thus, for example, .if thisdevice is to be used for making buttonholes Vof a length.

015% inch, one inch, and 11/2 inches, the pins 28Vwould be located yS/Vsin. from the pins 27, the pins 29 would be located one inch from VtheVpins 27,k and the pins 30.' Y wouldgbelocated 1V; inches from the pinslAlso, if

the pins 26 are located two inches from the pins 25, the pins 27 will belocated two inches from the center of the pivot screw 21. The device isnot limited, however, to locating these pins at these distances, as thedistances may be varied depending on the different spacing or locationof the buttonholes and the length or sizes of these holes. Thesedimensions specified are merely given as examples to illustrate moreclearly the use of the device. The opposite edges of the member carryingthe pins 27, 30, in this case the member 12, are provided with notches32 opposite and in alignment with each pair of pins 27 to 30. Also themember 12 is provided with a transverse mark or line 33 spaced from thecenter of the clamping screw 21 a distance equal to half the width ofthe portion 13 of the T member for use in locating this member at rightYangles to the portion 13, as shown in Fig. 4, by aligning this line withthe edge 16 of the portion 13 in certain uses of the device.

In Figs. and 6 is shown how the device is used for locating thebuttonhole and the binding patches for this hole in the garment with thebuttonhole running at right angles to the edge of the garment. A portionof the garment is indicated at 34 with its side edge 35 against thepositioning means 24, in this case the inner side of transverse flangeof the head portion of the base structure. This garment is provided witha series of marks or lines 36 extending at right angles to the edge 35and spaced to correspond with the desired spacing of the buttonholes tobe formed in this garment. In using this device to locate a buttonhole,the member 12 is adjusted along the portion 13 of the base structure tolocate the pins 27 at the proper distance desired from the locating line24 to correspond with the desired spacing of the outer end of thebuttonhole from the edge of the garment, and this can be determined bythe scale 23 on the portion 13. After this member 12 has been so locatedand secured in position, it will be parallel to and extendlongitudinally of the portion 13, as indicated in Figs. l, 5 and. Thelocation of this member, however,V longitudinally of the member 13 isshown spaced a somewhat greater distance from the positioning line 24 inFigs. 5 and 6 than it' is in Fig. 1. After the member 12 has been solocated, the garment 34 is placed on the device with its free edge 35against the locatingV edge or line 24, and the line 36 for indicatingthe spacing of the buttonhole is placed on the pair of pins 25, asindicated in Fig. 5. This locates the line 36, which indicates thecenter line of the buttonhole, on this longitudinal center line ofthebase structure, which is also the longitudinal center line of themembers 12 and 13. The garment is also pressed down so that the pairs ofpins 27 to 30 pass up through the garment, but as in the illustration ofFigs. 5 and 6, we are making a buttonhole of a length to correspond withthe' spacing of the two pairs of pins 27 and 30, only these two pairs ofpins are shown in Figs. 5 and 6 for clearer illustration, and thereforethe pins 28, 29 are omitted in these figures.

After the garment is so placed, the tabs for binding the opposite edgesof the buttonhole are located and applied. The two tabs are shown inFigs. 5 and 6 at 37 and 38, and each tab as illustrated comprises asquare or rectangular piece of cloth folded diagonally, the patch 37being folded at the line 39, thus forming the superimposed upper andlower triangular shaped portions 40 and 41. The tab 38 is similarlydiagonally folded along the line 42 providing the upper and lowertriangularly shaped superimposed' portions 43 and 44. Each tab is alsoprovided with a longitudinal pencil or similar mark 45l parallel to thefolded edge and at the desired distance therefrom, in this case thedistance of the pins 27 and 30 from the opposite side edges of the basestructure, in this case the members 12 and 13, and this is to indicatethe proper location of the stitching for. these tabs from the edges ofthe buttonhole. `After the garment is placed on the pins as indicated inFig. 5, this patch 37 is placed as indicated, with its folded edge inalignment with and over the side edge of the member 12, or if the pins27 and 30 were in the base portion 13 (which would be the case if member12 is omitted) it would be the edge of this portion, which can bereadily located through the fabric of the garment, and the pins 27 and30 adjacent this edge are passed up through the patch on the line 45.

A Then the patch is temporarily secured to the garment by tackingstitches 46, which can be readily located by the notches 32 opposite thepins 27 and 30. Then the other similar tab 38 is similarly located onthe opposite side. In this operation the free portions of the tab 37 arefolded upwardly over the secured edge of this tab, as indicated in Fig.6, and the other tab 38 is similarly located on the opposite or lowerpins 27 and 30, as indicated in this Fig. 6, by locating the folded edge42 of this tab over the opposite edge of the member 12 and passing thelower pins 27 and 3f) through the longitudinal marking line 45 of thistab parallel to and spaced backwardly from this folded edge. This tab isalso secured to the fabric by tacking stitches 47 through the notches 32on the opposite side of the member 12. Now the two folded tabs 37 and 38are properly located and secured by tacking stitches to the garment, andit will be seen that they are accurately located on the garment by thisdevice, and the buttonhole, the line of which is indicated by the brokenline 48, is in alignment with the line 36 and the center line of themember 12 halfway between the two lines of pins 27, 30. Now the garmentis removed from this device and the buttonhole can be finished in theusual manner. This comprises stitching the two tabs to the garment alongthe lines 49 and 50, on the locating lines 45 and between the tackingstitches 46 and 47. The two tabs are now stitched in permanent positionson the garment, and the garment is then cut along the line 48 halfwaybetween the two lines of stitching, and also on the bias at its oppositeends as indicated at 51, from the opposite ends of this cut to thetacking stitches. Then the tabs 37 and 38 are folded or passed throughthis cut to the opposite or back side of the garment and cross stitchedat their opposite ends after removing the tacking stitches. Thiscompletes the buttonhole, and the tabs may or may not be trimmed off asdesired.

It will be seen from the above that this device is used to locate thebuttonhole accurately and uniformly with respect to the edge of thegarment, and the tabs for binding the opposite edges of the buttonholeare also accurately and uniformly located with respect to the hole. Inother words, this device effectively and quickly properly and uniformlylocates the different buttonholes on the garment both with respect tothe edge of the garment and with respect to each other, and it alsoaccurately and uniformly locates the folded tabs to be stitched to theopposite sides of the buttonhole, both saving time and producing abetter and more uniform buttonhole.

In the use of the device illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, with the member12 extending parallel or longitudinally of the member 13, thebuttonholes are located at right angles to the edge 35 of the garment.This device may also be used to locate the buttonholes extendingparallel to the edge of the garment. This is illustrated in Fig. 4. Inthis use of the device the member 12 is extended laterally from one sideof the portion 13 at right angles thereto, and it can be located atright angles by means of the line 33 by lining it up with the edge 16 ofthe portion 13. With two inch spacing of the pins 25 and 26 and two inchspacing of the pins 27, from the center of the screw 21, this willlocate the'pins 27 in alignment with the pins 26. Then the garmentis'placed on the device withV whatever pair 28, 29 or 30 is to be used,depending onl the size or length of the buttonhole, will be used tolocate -location on opposite sides of the cut buttonhole.

the two patches 37 and 38, as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6, except thefolded edges of these patches will be parallel to the edge 35 of thegarment instead of at right angles to it, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

A more simplied device which may be used for so locating the buttonholesand binding patches is shown in Figs. 7 and 8. In this form of thedevice, a ilat strip of material 52 forms the base structure and may beof any suitable material, such as a suitable plastic material, and is ofa width to correspond with the width of the member 13 of the irst form,or that is, the distance between the folded edges 39 and 42 of thepatches 37 and 38 when these patches are secured to the garment at theirproper One end 53 of this strip, and therefore extending transversely atright angles to the side edges 54 and 55, forms a locating mark or meanscorresponding to the locating means 24 of the first form. Mounted on thecenter line of this strip back from this end 53 is a pair of upwardlyextending pins 56 corresponding to the locating pins 25 lof the firstform, and spaced backwardly from these pins are the two pairs of pins S7and 58, the pins 57 corresponding to the pins 27 of the rst form and thepins 58 corresponding to any one of the pairs of pins 28, 29 or 30. Thusas described in connection with the first form, the pins 57 are locatedfrom the locating mark 53 a distance equal to the distance thebuttonhole is to be spaced from the edge of the garment, and the pins 58are located from the pins 57 a distance equal to the length of thebuttonhole. The pins 57 and 58 are located from each other transverselyof the strip to correspond with the similar spacing of the pins 27 to 30and also at the same distance from the opposite edges 54 and 55 as arethe pins 27 and 30 from the opposite edges of the members 12 and 13. Theopposite edges are provided with the notches 59 opposite pins 57 and 58to correspond with the notches 32 of the rst form, and to locate thesetacking stitches 46 and 47 for the patches. This device is used the sameas the lirst form, except that it is not adjustable for the pins 57 and58, but a plurality of pairs of pins corresponding to the pins 27 to 30could be used for locating and forming buttonholes of diiferent lengths.In the use of this device the edge 35 of the garment is placed along theend edge 53 the same as along the edge 24 of the rst form, and thelocating line 36 is placed over the pins 56 and the garment then presseddown over the pins 57 and 58, then the two folded patches 37 and 38 areplaced on the pins 57 and 58 the same as described and illustrated inFigs. 5 and 6, and the patches secured by tacking stitches 46 and 47 inthe same manner. 'Then the garment is removed from the member 52,theppatches are stitched, and the buttonhole cut and stitched, asdescribed in connection with the first form.

It is to be understood the device is not conned to use for locating andbinding buttonholes, but can be used in the same way for pockets, exceptusing the proper corresponding locating and spacing of the various pins.

Having thus set forth the nature of my invention, I claim:

1. In a buttonhole locating device of the character described, anelongated base structure having transverse locating means at one end foralignment of an edge of a garment in which a buttonhole is to be formed,a pair of spaced upright pins mounted on the base structure on a line atright angles to said locating means, two pairs of spaced upright pinsmounted on the base structure spaced from the said locating meansamounts indicating distances corresponding to the distances of theopposite ends of the buttonhole from said means, and said latter pairsof pins being each located on lines at right angles to the line of therst pair of pins and located at a given distance from the opposite sideedges of the base structure.

2. In a buttonhole locating device of the character de scribed, anelongated base structure having parallel opposite side edges. means atone end for locating an edge of a garment in which a buttonhole is to beformed, a pair of spaced upright pins mounted on the base structure onthe longitudinal center line of said base structure adjacent said end,and two longitudinally spaced pairs of laterally spaced upright pinsmounted on the base structure and located on lines at right angles tosaid side edges and at given distances from said first locating meanswith the individual pins located at given distances from said sideedges.

3. In a buttonhole locating device of the character described, anelongated base structure having parallel op,

posite side edges, means at one end for locating an edge of a garment inwhich a buttonhole is to be formed, a pair of spaced upright pinsmounted on the base structure on the longitudinal center line of saidbase structure adjacent said end, a plurality of pairs of laterallyspaced upright pins mounted on the base structure, each pair beinglocated on a transverse line at right angles to the side edges of thebase structure and the pairs of pins being spaced longitudinally thereoffrom the locating means corresponding to the spacing of the ends of abutton from the edge of a garment, and the opposite side edges of saidstructure being provided with notches in alignment with the latter pins.

4. In a buttonhole locating device ofthe character described, anelongated base structure including a T-shaped member comprising a bodybar and a head bar at right angles thereto, said head bar having alocating means for the edge of a garment extending longitudinallythereof, a plurality of pairs of spaced upright pins on said head bar,the pins of each pair arranged on lines at rightangles to said locatingmeans, one pair of pins being arranged on the center line of the bodybar and the other pairs being spaced laterally therefrom to correspondwith spacing of buttonholes to be made in the garment, a locating membermounted on the body bar for angular and longitudinal adjustment todifferent positions thereon, and a plurality of pairs of uprightlocating pins on the locating member, the pins `of each pair located onlines extending transversely of said member, and the pairs of pinsspaced longitudinally of said member to correspond with the length ofthe buttonhole to be formed.

5. In a buttonhole locating device of the character described, anelongated base structure including a T-shaped member comprising a bodybar and a head bar at right angles thereto, said head bar including alongitudinal upright ange at its uper edge forming a locating means forthe edge of a garment, a plurality of pairs of upright spaced pins onsaid head bar, one pair on the longi-V tudinal center line of the bodybar and the other pairs spaced laterally therefrom at distancescorresponding to the spacing of buttonholes to be made in the garment,the pins of each pair being located on lines atV right angles to saidange, a locating member mounted on the body bar for angular andlongitudinal adjustment thereon to different positions relative to saidlocating ange, and a plurality of pairs of spaced upright locating pinson the locating member spaced given distances longitudinally thereof todetermine the length of the buttonholes, and the pins of each pairlocated on lines extending transversely of said member.

6. A buttonhole locating device according to claim 5 in which thelocating member is a flat bar having parallel side edges provided withnotches in alignment with each pair of pins in this bar.

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